Actors Needed for "The Crucible" Stage Play
The company is holding audition for "The Crucible" play and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: One of the most acclaimed plays in the American theatrical canon, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is a gripping and timely parable of contemporary society, as well as a studied historical tale. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie – and the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned along with a host of others. Rate: $200 Additional info: Prepare: Readings from the script Callbacks: July 26, 5:00 PM Rehearsals: Begin in August Performances: Oct 2-11 Please apply if interested.
19 roles
The paranoid and insecure minister of Salem who fears losing his position.
Parris’s slave from Barbados, who is the first to be coerced into confessing to witchcraft.
One of the girls caught in the forest; a nervous confidant of Abigail.
A woman desperate for answers about the supernatural deaths of seven of her babies.
A wealthy, greedy landowner who uses the trials to acquire more property.
The sly, merciless servant to the Putnams.
The timid, easily influenced servant in the Proctor household.
A rugged, independent farmer who harbors deep guilt over his past affair with Abigail.
An elderly, feisty, and litigious farmer.
A widely respected, devout woman in her seventies who becomes a target of the trials.
An earnest minister from Beverly, considered an expert on witchcraft.
John Proctor’s faithful, dutiful, but often emotionally guarded wife.
The wealthy, influential husband of Rebecca Nurse who acts as a voice of reason.
A morally weak former friend of the accused who becomes clerk of the court.
A cold, antagonistic judge who presides alongside Danforth.
The chief judge of the trials; a powerful, scrupulous man more interested in order than true justice.
A homeless woman and one of the first in Salem to be accused.
The jailer guarding the prisoners.
A minor but pivotal character who serves as a deputy constable and marshal. Tasked with arresting the accused, he later undergoes a crisis of conscience, refuses to bring in any more innocent people, and is consequently hanged as a witch.
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